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Todd wrote 1 day ago: Albert of Adelaide by Howard L. Anderson My rating: 4 of 5 stars To compare the story of a platypus … more →

Tags: Writers, Fiction, Book Reviews, Albert of Adelaide, Australia, Cormac Mccarthy, Howard L Anderson, Platypus, The Road

"The Thirteenth Tale" - Do You Believe in Ghosts? 2 comments

Tales Untangled wrote 5 days ago: Book Review: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Spoiler Alert! Here are a couple of book cover … more →

Tags: grown up books reviewed, intrigue, Mystery, Jane Eyre, Supernatural, suffering, Gothic elements, England, symbolism

John Kenney’s Romantic Comedy, ‘Truth in Advertising’

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 weeks ago: A lovelorn copywriter confronts his father’s death as he races to create a Super Bowl spot Truth in … more →

Tags: Novels, Advertising Industry, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Novels, Satire

Two Australian Fiction Debuts

Dina Ross wrote 2 weeks ago: THE ROSIE PROJECT, BY GRAEME SIMSION Published by: Text; $29.99 Everyone’s talking about Graem … more →

Tags: Australian Fiction, graeme simsion, Comedy, victorian unpublished manuscript award, Publishing, aspergers-syndrome, page turners 3mbs

Recommended Reading: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, by Michael Chabon

rosemaryandreadingglasses wrote 3 weeks ago: My copy of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh includes an interview with Michael Chabon, in which he talks … more →

Tags: Rosemary & Reading Glasses, Recommended Reading, Bookshelf, Shakespeare, Twentieth Century, Michael Chabon, Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Fiction, summer

Rule S: don't beat a dead Story5 comments

Linda Adams wrote 1 month ago: Linda’s Rules of Writing Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil, remember no evil. Yup, it w … more →

Tags: Linda Adams' Rules of Writing, Revision, Linda Adams, Fiction Writing, A to Z Challenge, trunk novels

Louisa Hall’s ‘The Carriage House’ – A Suburban Philadelphia Story

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 month ago: A family tries to save a decaying carriage house in a suburb in which “the neighborhood association … more →

Tags: Novels, 2013 Debuts, Book Reviews, Books, Novels About Tennis, Novels of Manners, Pennsylvania

Five writing myths - and why they're crap35 comments

Greta van der Rol wrote 1 month ago: 9 muses on a sarcophagus The writing business is full of advice, some good, some bad and some plain … more →

Tags: on writing, Bad writing, Good Writing, Rules, Success!, Writer's Block, writing myths, writing success

The Ice Clan: Collision of Fire and Ice: Chapter Two Post Four1 comment

Susan Elliott wrote 1 month ago: (c) xblitxcraigx: Concept art.     Greetings Fantasy fans! Sorry it’s been awhile si … more →

Tags: Arwen Chandler, Collision of Fire and Ice, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, fantasy novels, fantasy writers, Fire and Ice, Ice Clan, Indie Writers

"Dark Winter" by David Mark

Fictionophile wrote 1 month ago: Just had to share this new author! “Dark Winter” by David Mark, is a debut novel and the … more →

Tags: Recommended reading

"A Killing in the hills" by Julia Keller

Fictionophile wrote 1 month ago: “A Killing in the Hills“ A first mystery by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Julia Kell … more →

Tags: Setting, Recommended reading, Mystery fiction

Francesca Segal’s Award-Winning First Novel, ‘The Innocents’

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 month ago: “Any Jewish holiday can be described the same way. They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat.”   … more →

Tags: Novels, Book Reviews, Books, fiancés, Golders Green, Jews, London, Reviews

glaciers11 comments

cynthia wrote 2 months ago: In Glaciers, the debut novel by Alexis M. Smith, published in 2012 by Tin House Books, Isabel repair … more →

Tags: How We Spend Our Days, my writing notebook, place, Reviews, Alexis Smith, Glaciers

Review: Changeover, Diana Wynne Jones (a book you will probably never read)33 comments

Jenny wrote 2 months ago: I get a lot of credit within my family for being a good gift-buyer. Which is fair. I am really good … more →

Tags: Favored authors, 3 Stars, Diana Wynne Jones, changeover, sorry this post is so gloaty but facts are facts and I , I do like a ruthless author, oh Britain why do you like watching things go all to he, sometimes I remember that Diana Wynne Jones has died an

the next writer in the series: april 1, 201310 comments

cynthia wrote 2 months ago: In  The Writing Life, Annie Dillard wrote, I have been looking into schedules. Even when we read phy … more →

Tags: Catching Moments, How We Spend Our Days, Alexis Smith, Glaciers, tin house new voice

"Across the Universe" - Does Space Offer a New Frontier For the YA Dystopian Novel?

Tales Untangled wrote 2 months ago: Book Review : Across the Universe by Beth Revis Spoiler Alert! Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her pare … more →

Tags: young adult book reviews, death, murder, Romance, Science Fiction, Space, Colonization, Sci-Fi, spaceship

The Ice Clan: Collision of Fire and Ice: Chapter Two Post Two1 comment

Susan Elliott wrote 2 months ago: (c)MiikaS/ Miika Silfverberg Welcome fantasy lovers! My name is Susan Elliott. You have stumbled upo … more →

Tags: Chapter Two, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction, Indie Writers, new fiction writers, The Ice Clan: Collision of Fire and Ice, Arwen Chandler, Collision of Fire and Ice, Fantasy

"Swimming at night" by Lucy Clarke

Fictionophile wrote 2 months ago: “People go traveling for two reasons: because they are searching for something, or they are ru … more →

Tags: Authors, Fiction, Setting, "Swimming at night" by Lucy Clarke, Book Reviews, debut novels, Settings

Of Expectations and Failures2 comments

Amanda wrote 3 months ago: I’m terrified of one of my own stories. I never would have thought that was possible, but oh l … more →

Tags: write, damn you!, writing, writing a novel, Amanda Byrne, Querying, Story: Fear


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